Existing comment:
(30) "Oh, Mr. Benholding, I never saw that look in your eyes before!" between 1930 and 1960.
Graphite.
Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature
Prints and Photographs Division
LC-DIG-ppmsca-05862 (30)
James Thurber (1894-1961) brought whimsy to his cartoons about human relations and sexuality. Through his simple line drawing, he captures multiple emotions, including desire, fear, aggression, lust, and attraction. Thurber began his illustrious career at the New Yorker as an editor in 1927. In 1930 his colleague and friend, essayist E.B. White, found some of his sketches in the trash and promptly published them. Thurber's simple line drawings were due to his near blindness, the result of a childhood game of William Tell that went awry, but the condition gave his art a distinctive appearance that became a signature look for the magazine. |